The Pennsylvania Packet or the General Advertiser, March 27, 1779; printed and sold by John Dunlap. A detailed account of General Arnold’s march from Cambridge to Quebec. Letter from "Common Sense" [Thomas Paine] addressed to Mr. Deane related to alleged financial misdeeds. Leading Colonial clergyman, William Smith, Provost of the College of Philadelphia—today, the University of Pennsylvania—was accused by one Peter Cress of stating: "if they, the men in the Fort [on Mud Island] meaning, do not surrender, they ought every man of them to be put to the sword…" Dr. William Smith provided a detailed response denying the statement. Large woodcut of the elegant horse, Ambassador.
Also included in this lot is The London Chronicle, September 14-16, 1775, red tax stamp. "Celebrated" "Sermon on the Present situation of American Affairs. Preached at Christ-Church, June 23, 1775, at the request of the Officers of the third battalion of the City of Philadelphia and District of Southwark. By William Smith, D.D. Provost of the College in that City [today, the University of Pennsylvania]." Report from Gaine’s New York Gazetteer—Albany, July 12—Major General Schuyler’s arrival and greeting in Albany, met by Capt. Ten Broeck and Capt. Bleeker, elegant entertainment at the King’s Arms Tavern. Text of address of the Committee of Correspondence to Major General Schuyler, with his reply, which reflected upon "the unhappy occasion which has forced America to have recourse to arms for her safety and defence." Letter from New-London about marine commercial affairs.
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